Study prevalence of verotoxigenic E.coli isolated from Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in an Iranian children hospital

Open Microbiology Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Navidinia, Masoumeh ^a   Karimi, Abdollah ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad ^b,c   Fallah, Fatemeh ^a   Ahsani, Raheleh Radmanesh ^a   Malekan, Mohammad Ali ^a   Jahromi, Mana Hadipour ^a   GholineJad, Zari ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli(EHEC); UTI

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IRAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VTX GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84856526696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874285801206010001     Document Type: Article

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